Stevenson’s army, October 19

– NYT says intelligence analysis points to errant Palestinian missile in hospital attack.

– Israeli TV channel reports on SecState Blinken meeting with Israeli cabinet

– Mark Cancian assesses US ability to help arm Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.

– Jordan failures lead to talk of McHenry

– Brookings assesses erosion of US democracy

This was yesterday’s edition:

– There’s no legal authority for US combat operations to help Israel. HFAC chairman McCaul says he’s drafting an AUMF. More from Defense News.

– US secretly sent ATACMS to Ukraine. Background on the process from Politico and from NYT.

– NYT notes that until now Netanyahu has been a reluctant warrior.

– Tom Warrick has lessons for postwar planning.

– In Atlantic, Andrew Exum warns of misconceptions about Gaza war.

– You can’t beat somebody with nobody. Now there’s an alternative to Jordan, speaker pro tem McHenry. Jordan angered the centrists, especially the appropriators.
-Eurasia Group has big survey of US views on foreign policy.

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